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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Clewiston, FL · April 26, 2016

Date
April 26, 2016 · 19:14 local
Place
Clewiston, FL
Airport
Airglades
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92779
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On April 29, 2016 approximately 19:14 local time aircraft registered N92779 a PA-32R-301 serial number 3246047 performed a landing with gear up position. The aircraft landed with its gear up at the Airglades Airport (S21) located in Clewiston Florida on runway 13. privacy data omitted Who operated the aircraft in his statement said that he was practicing emergency descents into Airglades Airport (S21) at 1000 ft AGL abeam of the treshold of runway 13, he pulled the power back to idle to simulate an engine out; just then he turned right base to judge height above runway and in approach to final descent he felt he had made contact with the runway. He thought he had his landing gears deployed. He had performed several attempts previously which were successfully, and the last attempt for final landing he mistakenly forgot to lower his landing gears and performed the landing. The pilot privacy data omitted has admitted to his mistake and accepts full responsibility.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 29, 2016 APPROXIMATELY 19:14 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT REGISTERED N92779 A PA-32R-301 SERIAL NUMBER 3246047 PERFORMED A LANDING WITH GEAR UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ITS GEAR UP AT THE AIRGLADES AIRPORT (S21) LOCATED IN CLEWISTON FLORIDA ON RUNWAY 13. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT IN HIS STATEMENT SAID THAT HE WAS PRACTICING EMERGENCY DESCENTS INTO AIRGLADES AIRPORT (S21) AT 1000 FT AGL ABEAM OF THE TRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 13, HE PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE OUT; JUST THEN HE TURNED RIGHT BASE TO JUDGE HEIGHT ABOVE RUNWAY AND IN APPROACH TO FINAL DESCENT HE FELT HE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. HE THOUGHT HE HAD HIS LANDING GEARS DEPLOYED. HE HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS PREVIOUSLY WHICH WERE SUCCESSFULLY, AND THE LAST ATTEMPT FOR FINAL LANDING HE MISTAKENLY FORGOT TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEARS AND PERFORMED THE LANDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS ADMITTED TO HIS MISTAKE AND ACCEPTS FULL RESPONSIBILITY.